Where does “bulle” come from?
bulle (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *bulo, from Proto-Germanic bulô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰl̥no-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “bulle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *bulo | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bulô | bull |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰl̥no- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “bulle”